Foot cleaner



1,465,736 E. MCcoRMlcK FOOT CLEANER Filed May 22, 1922 Patented Aug. 2l 1923.

Unirse stares ENEAS MCCOBMICK, 0FV CALGARY, ALBERTA', C AiN'ADA.

rooi` CLEANER.

Application led May 272,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ENnAs MCCORMICK, a, subject of the King of Great Britain, andl residing at the city of Calgary, in theProvince of Alberta, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Foot Cleaners, of which the following is the speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in foot cleaners to be attached to the running boards of an automobile and is made in the form of a mat.

It consists of a number of rows o-fshort strips of sole leather, placed three together, each row overlapping the other and joined ton gether by iron rods passing through the ends of same. The mat is made the width of the running board and any-length desired and has an iron strip at V,both front and back edges to hold it flat and rigid. 'v

There are two forms of clamps to hold mat to running board, one for a metal and the other for a wooden running board.- The clamps are made 'orP iron rods which form the connections for the two outer rows of strips on either end of the mat and are bent over underneath the running board in the form of clamps, which are more particularly hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a nieans for cleaning mud or soil from a persns shoes before stepping into an automobile, and would be of particular benefit on muddy roads where a person has to get out for repairs or otherwise.

I attain these objects by means of the mechanism as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of the mat in position on the running board made of metal, with clamp for holding the same;

Y Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the mat in position on a wooden running board with clamp for holding same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a mat showing the series of three leather strips with the iron rods connecting same, and the washers used to ll in at ends of mat.

Figure l is a bottom perspective view..V

Figure 5 is a perspectivewdetail of the mat and clamp reversed of the form illustrated in Figure 2.

' Similar letters refer to similar throughout the various views. .y

A is the mat which is composed of a number of rows of short strips B of sole leather parts 1922. serial No. 562,759.

`which are in groups of threeieach row overlapping the other and being held together by iron rods C. Eachrow of strips Vhave a sufficient number of groups to cover the width of running board D. At each end ot the mat the washers a, made oi? sole leather are placed toact as spacers-tor the `outer rows. The iron strips b and c are placed on either side of the mat as facings and to hold the mat rigid. `E is a clampl for a metal running boardm'ade Vout of an iron rod with either end of rodV forming the connection for the two outer rows of strips B, and being bent back inthe form' of a double angle underneath the running board a suticient distanceVV to ensure a good grip, thence bending back r in the centre andturned Vdown inthe Jfront at in the form of a U as a grip or pull which iits underneath theriin e of the running board. lThe clamp-VE acts as a spring Y and presses up against the underside of running board holding the mat tightly in place. Y pulled down below rim e and then pulled straight out. Y

F is a clamp for a wooden running board made Vout of an iron rodwith either end of rod forming the connection for the'two outer rows of strips B and being bent back under- To remove the mat the gripV dV is L' neath the running boa-rd in the form of an angle and acting as a spring pressing u against the bottom of the-board, holding the mat securely in place.

Both the clamps E and vF hold by the spring of the U or V portion, as the case may be for the step of the car is between the mat and the inwardly'projectingclamping member.

In the clamp E the wire extends inwardly to the extent of the mat and then outwardly A to form a `U shaped loop.

The applicationV of: this foot cleaner is very/simple indeed, as the inner portion in both forms is bent downwardly and the mat pushed inwardly until the :toot board of the ear at its outer edge reaches the outer bend G of the clamp. `In this position the U- shaped part is under the foot board in theV form illustrated in Figure 1 or the V-shaped part in the form illustrated in Figure 2. In

the latter form a screw at the apexV of theY V is usedV to prevent the mat sliding outwardly, but this is not required inthe first Y form as the U-clamprts under the flange of the foot board or its position.

VllO plateY and locks the matto ing a mat formed of Short links joined together by pintles anda retaining wie tbe 5 free ends of which forni the pintles foicertain of the link sections and the intermediate portion being bent downwardly and inwardly between the latter pintles. under lVliat l claim as my invention is;

Y l the mat to serve as a @lamp in holding the A foot cleaner for vehicle steps oomprismat tothe Step.

Signed at the city of Calgary, this 26th day of April, 1922.

ENEAS MGGORMICK. V[1.. s.] lnk the presence of- J. E. BARTLEY, FRANCES NOBLE. 

